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JOHN BENI MESTIER, OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS.

PISTOL-'GAME APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 294,491, datedMarch 4, 1884. Application filed September 25, 1,883. (Model.)

Z'OaZZ whom, it' may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN RENI MEsTIER,

of Corpus Christi, in the county of'Nueces and State of Texas, have invented a new and Improved Pistol-Game Apparatus, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. l

My invention consists of a pistol device of novel construction, in combinationwith a horizontal revolving table having stalls for reception of a ball, the said pistol device be-` plan View of the revolving table.

The revolving table c, having a slightlyconical top, 'so that the ball b will roll to the edge, and a ange, c, and partitions eZ, to retain the ball in the different stalls formed by said flange and partitions, is arranged, by a vertical center spindle or pivot, e, in the top of a stand, f, suitably -for revolving the table rapidly thereon preparatory to the dropping of the ball on the table. From the top of the stand fa bracket, g, extends laterally asuitable`distance beyond the edge of thetable for the support of a plate, h., which is adjustably attached to said bracket g by'a bolt, t', and supports a ball-dropping device, the stock of 'which is in the form of a pistol, of which j is the breech or handle and k the barrel. The

barrel projects radially over the table andV nearly across it, and near the front end is traversed by a vertical tube, Z, projectingV is revolving.

vice, of the barrel k, tube Z, sliding plunger ployfa lever, o, constructed in the form and representation of the hammer of a pistol, a

spring, p, like the spring of a pistol-hammer, 55

and a trip device, q, like the trigger of a pistol. The hammer has a nger-piece, s, by which to pull it back and set it by thetrigger;l and it also has the usual notches, t, for the bit of the trigger to be connected with by its spring u,- and said hammer o is mounted on a pivot, w, and is connected to the sliding plunger m by a rod, w, suitably pivoted to it and to the hammer.' The trigger is protected by 'a guard, y, in the same manner as the trigger of a pistol. I

The hammer may beV made to explode a paper cap when it is tripped for throwing theY plunger forward and dropping the ball, if desired.

The table is to be set in motion by the hand in the same manner as similar tables of other game devices are, andthe ball is to be le t fall by the pulling of the trigger while the table Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

I. The combination, in a ball-dropping dem, hammer-lever o, trigger g, and springs p and a, said devices being arranged and operating substantially as described.

2. The combination, in a ball-dropping device, of the barrel k, tube Z, sliding plunger m, hammer-lever o, trigger q, and springs p and f@said devices being arranged on a supporting-stock, j, andaiixed base-plate, h, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with arevolving table, a, having an arched top and partitions, d, to form stalls toreceive the ball, of the balldropping apparatus, consisting of the barrel k, tube Z, sliding .plunger m, hammer-lever o, trigger q, and the springs p and u, said devices being arranged on a supporting-stock, j, and said stock being supported o-n a bracket of the revolving-table stand, and also being adjustablyconnected to said stand, substantially as described.

JOHN BENI MESTIER. Witnesses:

JOHN B. JUNEK, W. H. DANNwooD. 

